Blotter-holder.



J. L. HAYES. BLOTTER HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1912/ 1,050,737, Patented Jan.14,1913.'

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ATTORNEYS JULIAN LEE HAYES, OF BUTTE, MONTANA.

BLOTTER-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Jan. 14, 1913.

Application filed May 1'7, 1912. Serial No. 697,895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIAN LEE HAYES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Butte, in the county of Silverbow and State of Montana, have invented a new and Improved Blotter-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to blotter holders, and it has for its object to provide one very strong and simple in construction, and one which may be manufactured at very little cost, the holder being made of resilient material, with flanges at its ends for holding the blotter against the body of the holder, and with the central portion of the body formed into a spring loop which serves as a handle, and also as means for holding the flanges yieldingly in position.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following complete specification in which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views, in which Figure l is a perspective view showing my holder with its flanges embracing two blotters; and Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1.

A blotter holder, to be useful commercially, must be very simple in character, and must cost very little to manufacture, and it must also be so constructed that it may be used with blotters of standard sizes. It is also necessary that the holder be so constructed that a worn blotter may be quickly replaced by a new one. The holder which I will now describe meets these requirements.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that the holder 5, which is constructed of resilient material, has a body portion 6, with a central loop 7 disposed in one direction, the ends 8 of the body being turned over to form flanges, which are adapted to engage the underside of the ends 9 of the blotter, and press them against the body 6 of the holder, the central loop portion 7 serving not only as a handle, but also as a resilient means for holding the flanges formed by the ends 8 in position around the ends of the blotter 10.

The blotter holder is so constructed that it will receive the blotters 10 of the standard size, and as it is manufactured of resilient material the ends of the body with the flanges 8 may be readily sprung to receive any blotter or to permit of the removal of one which has become worn.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

'1. In a blotter holder a band having two portions with outer ends and disposed in substantially the same plane, for engaging and stiffening a blotter when being used, the said two portions being united by a central resilient looped portion, and the outer end being bent over downward and inward to engage the sides of the said blotter.

2. In a blotter holder a resilient metal band having a central port-ion looped in one direction to serve as a handle, and also to permit the movement of the body at one side of the looped portion relatively to the body at the other side of the looped portion, and ends which are turned over in the other direction and which are disposed substantially parallel with the body for holding a blotter I against the body.

3. In a blotter holder, a resilient metal band having two portions bent substantially parallel and united by a central looped portion, the sides of which are a greater distance apart than the said two portions, and ends extending laterally from the bottom of the said two portions, the terminals of which are turned over away fro-m the central looped portion for holding a blotter in place.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J ULIAN LEE HAYES.

Witnesses:

MINNIE ERKER, T. F. NOLAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

